2019年全球LNG贸易增长13%达3.547亿吨

据油气新闻4月28日消息称，国际天然气联盟（IGU）发布其2020年年度LNG报告。综合分析突出了2019年全球液化天然气产业的所有重大变化。

这份报告重点介绍了全球液化天然气产业的最新动态，包括整个价值链，显示了这一关键的天然气产业领域又一次强劲的增长。液化天然气继续增强全球能源安全，增加获取丰富的全球天然气供应的灵活性。

在连续第六年的增长中，液化天然气贸易增长了13%，达到了3.547亿吨。

尽管2019年全球液化天然气市场上已有37个市场没有新客户加入，但最近新加入的国家——孟加拉国、巴基斯坦、波兰和巴拿马——增加了液化天然气的购买量，这是一个可喜的现象。与此同时，印度等成熟市场正在增加新的浮动再气化产能。

FSRU仍然是一个令人兴奋且不断增长的领域，它在全球范围内改善了现代能源和能源安全的获取途径。截至2020年2月，在37个现有LNG进口市场中，有19个市场通过FSRU进口LNG，其中6个也有陆上终端。

出口增长来自美国、俄罗斯、澳大利亚、阿尔及利亚和埃及。美国目前是全球第三大液化天然气出口国，仅次于卡塔尔和澳大利亚，俄罗斯位居第四。

亚太地区和亚洲仍然是主要的需求中心，2018年它们占全球液化天然气进口的近70%。

受天然气产量增加、新的出口基础设施投入使用以及亚洲市场有限的需求反应的推动，2019年是又一个创纪录的低价年。

曹海斌 摘译自 油气新闻

原文如下：

LNG trade increased by 13% to a total of 354.7 MT

The International Gas Union (IGU) is pleased to launch its annual LNG report for 2020. The comprehensive analysis highlights all the material changes in the global LNG industry in 2019.

This report features key global LNG industry updates, right across its value chain, demonstrating yet another strong year of growth for this crucial segment of the natural gas sector. LNG continues to enhance global energy security and increase the flexibility of access to the abundant global gas supplies.

In its sixth consecutive year of growth, the LNG trade increased by 13% to a total of 354.7 MT.

While no new consumers joined the existing 37 markets in the global LNG arena in 2019, the most recent new players have increased their intake volumes – Bangladesh, Pakistan, Poland, and Panama – a welcome sign. At the same time, mature markets, like India, are adding new floating regasification capacity.

FSRU continues to be an exciting and growing segment, improving access to modern energy and energy security worldwide. Of the 37 existing LNG import markets as of February 2020, 19 imported LNG with FSRUs, and six of those had onshore terminals as well.

Export growth came from the USA, Russia and Australia, as well as Algeria and Egypt. The US is now the third largest LNG exporter, behind Qatar and Australia, with Russia in the fourth spot.

Asia Pacific and Asia remain the key centres of demand, and together they accounted for almost 70% of global LNG imports in 2018.

2019 was another record year of low prices, driven by increasing natural gas production, the commissioning of new export infrastructure and limited demand response from Asian markets.